After hearing this, the Emperor finally smiled a little on his wrinkled face: "That's great, I've been feeling depressed these days, so why don't you stay and keep me company and talk?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, even if you don't say it, I would have stayed. I haven't seen Your Majesty for many days, and I miss you so much." Zhou Chang felt disgusted when he said such words to the old man, but there was nothing he could do.

But in the eyes of Emperor Lin, it was a different picture. He was old and had seen many beauties in his life. Shen Rui was definitely not a standard beauty.

Shen Rui has an oval face, curved eyebrows and round eyes. She looks a few years younger than she actually is, so in the eyes of Emperor Lin, she is more like a younger girl next door.

Not long after, dinner was served. Zhou Chang used all his skills to tell Shen Rui all the stories he had made up in his head, and managed to make the Emperor laugh several times.

After dinner, Zhou Chang wanted to find a way to stay, so she took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I see that your crown seems to be quite heavy. You are tired after a day, why not take it off? I will massage your head for you, okay?"

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have such skills?" Emperor Lin agreed happily.

When Zhou Chang came in in the afternoon, she had already confirmed that the crown that Emperor Lin was wearing today was the one ordered by the customer from the plane, but she had not figured out how to "bring the goods" without leaving any trace, so she could only act according to circumstances.

Zhou Chang sat at the head of Emperor Lin, took off the golden crown and placed it on the square table beside him, then massaged the acupuncture points on the emperor's head according to the method he learned in his previous life, but his mind was only on the golden crown.

She could sell the golden crown right away, but not to mention that there were several eunuchs standing nearby, even if there was no one there, it wouldn't be appropriate, right?

He disappeared out of thin air again. Emperor Lin had his eyes closed and seemed to be half asleep, but she still had her eyes open. She couldn't say that she saw nothing.

"Huh? Why aren't you talking?" Emperor Lin closed his eyes, half asleep, and his whole body relaxed.

"Your Majesty, when we were having dinner just now, you mentioned a story from the Book of Filial Piety, which reminded me of something that has been on my mind for a while, and I didn't know whether I should tell you or not." Zhou Chang cheered up and solved the other problem first. There was still a long night, so there was no shortage of opportunities.

"You always talk the most, but you know what shouldn't be said." Emperor Lin was in a much better mood and could even make jokes.

Zhou Chang glanced at the eunuchs, his hands moving non-stop, "Then Your Majesty, let them all go first. I can only speak to Your Majesty."

"Okay." Emperor Lin didn't think much about it.

Zhou Chang made a gesture to several eunuchs.

The eunuchs retreated quietly.

Zhou Chang then endured the pain in his throat and said, "When I was paying my respects to the Imperial Concubine this morning, I heard that Your Majesty was going to punish Your Highness Prince Yi for the damage to his imperial robes and the loss of his nine-tasseled crown into the water. I was really disturbed."

"Uneasy? By the way, you were also in the Imperial Garden that day." Emperor Lin continued to rest with his eyes closed, not taking it seriously.

Zhou Chang continued massaging and said, "There was a grand sacrificial ceremony in Japan. I couldn't attend due to my illness, but I was bored staying indoors, so I went to the koi pond to keep watch. Before I knew it, it was getting dark, and I saw Prince Yi and His Royal Highness the Twelfth Prince..."

"By the way," Emperor Lin interrupted, suddenly sitting up, "Did you see the Nine-Tassel Crown fall into the Koi Pond with your own eyes?"

I didn't expect that Emperor Lin only cared about money and property.

Zhou Chang had no choice but to pretend to be serious. He thought for a moment and then shook his head: "It was dark, and the wind started to blow. The people in the Shangyi Bureau suddenly fell together, and many things rolled down. I am not sure."

Emperor Lin looked disappointed: "So what do you want to say?"

"What I want to talk about is something about His Royal Highness Prince Yi." Zhou Chang carefully observed the changes in Emperor Lin's expression.

The Emperor Lin's face darkened as expected: "What does he have to say?"

After Zhou Chang finished speaking, he no longer cared about other things and told the story of how the twelfth prince Feng Suo accidentally burned his imperial robes and how Prince Yi maintained them.

After hearing this, Emperor Lin's expression did not change much. He just said, "He knows how to protect his brothers, which is rare."

"Your Majesty, although I haven't read much, I also understand the way of filial piety and brotherhood," Zhou Chang finally got to the point. "Filial piety and brotherhood, filial piety and brotherhood, if a person can love his brothers, how can he not respect his parents?"

The Emperor didn't listen at all, and his face began to darken: "Did you hear about Prince Yi's rude behavior in front of me?"

Zhou Chang had to admit: "I did hear it."

"This is not one of those stories you usually make up. You are a woman in the inner palace, what can you know about Prince Yi? Do you still want to plead for him?" The Emperor Lin was already beginning to feel displeased.

Zhou Chang stood up and stood in front of the Emperor Lin: "I don't know the inside story, and I'm not going to speak for Prince Yi, but I picked up this thing that day."

As he spoke, Zhou Chang took out a handkerchief from his bosom and unfolded it in front of Emperor Lin.

Wrapped in the white handkerchief was a small piece of bright yellow paper with words written on it, but it was obviously mostly burned.

"What is this?" Emperor Lin frowned, but still took the piece of paper and looked at it under the lamp.

Only a corner of the bright yellow paper was left, and only half of the small red characters written in cinnabar were left on the top, but it was still possible to make out the three words "Dafu Temple". Below that were the two words "Father Emperor" written vertically in ink, but only half of the word "Emperor" was burned, but it was still easy to guess.

"This is the oracle from Dafu Temple. When I was at home, I often accompanied my mother to Dafu Temple to burn incense and pray, so I recognize it." Zhou Chang said.

"Yes," Lin Di nodded. Dafu Temple was considered a half-national temple. "The fortune sticks in Dafu Temple are said to be very effective."

"Then, Your Majesty, do you know that this oracle has two uses?" Zhou Chang asked.

"How can it be used for two purposes?" Emperor Lin didn't quite understand.

Zhou Chang's eyes fell on the divination sticks: "Your Majesty, please take a closer look. The divination sticks at Dafu Temple are all written by monks themselves with blessed cinnabar. However, most of this one has been burned."

Emperor Lin nodded, this was obvious.

Zhou Chang continued to explain: "The spirit stick is used to pray for people. If you pray for your ancestors, you should write the ancestor's name on the back of the spirit stick, then fold it upside down, and then burn it with incense and candles. If you pray for your relatives who are still alive, you should write the relative's name on the front, then fold it upside down, and then burn it with incense and candles, send it to heaven, and ask for the gods' blessing."

"This fortune stick is written on the front. You mean..." Emperor Lin finally figured out something. "It has been burned. Someone..."

"Your Majesty, it is clearly written with the words 'Father Emperor'. Of course, it is praying for Your Majesty." Zhou Chang seized the opportunity to confirm this "fact".

"Who is this?" Emperor Lin had just asked three words when he turned around and thought, "Do you want to say that this was done by Prince Yi?"

"Yes." Zhou Chang only gave one word.

Emperor Lin said nothing, but his face was full of disbelief. "Love can arrive later, but takeout can't.

Marriage can never happen.

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